Improvement in peat-moulds



KINGSTON GODDARD, OF vRICHMOND'NEVV YORK.

Letters Patent No. 94,302, dated August 31, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N FEAT-Moons.

MOH- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part lof the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KINGSTON GoDDAnD, of Richmond, in the county of Richmond, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Peat-Mould;

and I do hereby declare that they following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others vskilled in the art to makeand use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing,

forming part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved peatmould, taken through'the line x-x, fig. .2.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same, partly in section, through the line y-y, lig. 1, the top frame being removed.

Similar let-ters of reference indicate lcorresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an im-` proved mould for pressing wet peat into bricks or blocks for fuel, which shall be 'so constructed as to allow the waterto escape, while retaining the line particles of the peat; and

It consists in the mould, constructed as hereinafter more fully described.

llhe sides of the mould are formed of thin metal plates, A, set side by side, and the sides of which are made perfectly smooth, so thathwhcn pressed close together-they may wholly prevent the passage of the fine peat, while allowing the'water to be forced out between said plates.

Upon the upper and lower ends of the bars or plates A are -formed tenons, which enter grooves in the under side of the top frame B, and in the upper side of the bottom frame (l.

At each corner or angle oi the mould is placed a post, D, having tenons formed upon their upper and low'er ends, to enter the Agrooves of .the end frames B, and C.

The tenonsof the posts D are bevelled or inclined' Yupon their two outer sides.

longitudinal holes or slots formed through them, as

shown' in iig. 2, through which pass rods E, which also pass through holes in the top frame B andV the bottom frame C.

lhe rods lll-have heads yformed upon one end, and

nuts, Fplaced upon their other end, as shown in iig. 1.

By this construction, by tightening the nuts F, pressing the top and bottom frames, B C, toward each other, the posts D will be forced inward diagonally,

pressing the bars o r plates A more closely together,

so as to allow the water to escape, while entirely preventing the escape of the finest particles of peat.

The bottom of the mould may be a solid block, f1tting into the mould, or it may be formed of thin metal plates or bars, placed side by side, and resting in and supported by a frame fitting into the said mould.

In this case, the thin plates or bars should have shouldersformed upon their ends, Vso that their saidends may rest in rabbets formed in the inner sides of said bottoni frame. v 4

By this construction the water will also be'allowed to escape through the bottom of the mould, as well as through its sides.

lhe .mould may be made of any desired size and shape, according to the desired form ot' the peat-bricks .or blocks.

' Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y The combination of the vgrooved frames B C, bevelled posts D, with the metal plates A, arranged substantially as described, so that said frames can be 

